Temporarily assuming the duties or authority of another person when they are unable to do their job.
noun
(countable, obsolete) An action or deed.
(drama) The occupation of an actor.
(law) Something done by a party — so called to avoid confusion with the legal senses of deed and action.
Pretending.
verb
present participle of act
agents
agents
noun
plural of agent
aglint
aglint
adj
Glinting.
agnate
agnate
adj
(linguistics) Having a similar semantic meaning.
Related to someone by male connections or on the paternal side of the family.
allied; akin
noun
(linguistics) A statement having a similar meaning to another, but a different structure.
A relative whose relation is traced only through male members of the family.
Any paternal male relative.
agneta
angsts
angsts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of angst
angust
angust
adj
(obsolete) Narrow; strait; contracted; not spacious.
anight
anight
adv
(obsolete) In the night-time, at night.
antigo
anting
anting
noun
(ornithology) The practice of some birds of rubbing live ants or occasionally other items into the feathers, possibly as a means of controlling parasites.
antung
argent
argent
adj
(heraldry): of white or silver tincture on a coat of arms.
Of silver or silver-coloured.
noun
(archaic) The metal silver.
(heraldry) The white or silver tincture on a coat of arms.
(obsolete, poetic) Whiteness; anything that is white.
atglen
athing
atinga
bagnet
bagnet
noun
(Philippines) crispy pork belly
bagnut
bating
bating
adj
(Cornwall, Devon, dialect) Of the moon, when it is waning.
prep
(now rare) Apart from; except.
verb
present participle of bate
cating
dating
dating
noun
A form of romantic courtship typically between two individuals with the aim of assessing the other's suitability as a partner in an intimate relationship or as a spouse.
An estimation of the age of an artifact, biological vestige, linguistic usage, etc.
The setting of a date on which an event or transaction is to take place or take effect.
verb
present participle of date
eating
eating
adj
Bred to be eaten.
Suitable to be eaten without being cooked.
noun
(informal, dialectal) Food; cooking, cuisine.
The act of corroding or consuming some substance.
The act of ingesting food.
verb
present participle of eat
estang
fangot
fangot
noun
A quantity of wares, such as raw silk, of approximately one to three hundredweights.
fating
fating
verb
(rare) present participle of fate
gainst
gainst
prep
(poetic) against
galant
galant
name
(music) Alternative form of Galant
galton
gamont
gamont
noun
A particular life cycle stage in the Apicomplexa.
gannet
gannet
noun
(chiefly Britain, South Africa) A voracious eater; a glutton.
Any of three species of large seabird in the genus Morus, of the family Sulidae. They have black and white bodies and long pointed wings, and hunt for fish by plunge diving and pursuing their prey underwater.
verb
(chiefly transitive, informal, Britain) To wolf down, gobble or eat (something) voraciously.
ganton
gantry
gantry
noun
(medical imaging) A cylindrical scanner assembly in the bore of which the response of bodies or tissues to some specific exposure can be detected for 3D imaging.
A framework of steel bars resting on side supports to bridge over or around something.
A gantry crane or gantry scaffold.
A supporting framework for a barrel.
gantsl
garnet
garnet
adj
Of a dark red colour.
noun
(mineralogy) A hard transparent mineral that is often used as gemstones and abrasives.
(nautical) A tackle for hoisting cargo in or out.
A dark red color, like that of the gemstone.
verb
(transitive) To shred (twisted wool fiber, rags, etc.) so that it can be reused.
garten
gaston
gaston
noun
(climbing) A grip using one hand with the thumb down and elbow out.
verb
(climbing) To hold using such a grip
gatian
gating
gating
noun
An arrangement of gates.
verb
present participle of gate
gatten
gaunty
gelant
gelant
noun
Alternative form of gellant
geneat
geneat
noun
(historical) A retainer; vassal; one who holds lands of a superior either by service or payment of rent.
giants
giants
noun
plural of giant
gigant
gisant
gitana
gitano
giunta
glanti
glantz
gnatho
gnatoo
gnatty
gnatty
adj
Containing gnats.
granat
granet
granta
granth
grants
grants
noun
plural of grant
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of grant
gratin
gratin
noun
The top crust of a dish, consisting of breadcrumbs or grated cheese heated under a grill; the dish itself.
graton
graunt
graunt
noun
Archaic spelling of grant.
grenat
gretna
gretna
Proper noun
a small town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, to the south of the more famous village of Gretna Green.
an unincorporated urban community in Manitoba, Canada, on the border with North Dakota, USA.
a small township in Tasmania, Australia.
a small city in Florida, USA.
an unincorporated community in Kansas, USA.
a city in Louisiana, USA, and parish seat of
a city in Nebraska, USA.
an unincorporated community in Ohio, USA.
a town in Virginia, USA.
gunate
gunate
verb
(Sanskrit linguistics, transitive) To lengthen the simple vowel a, i, u, or ṛ by prefixing an a element.
guntar
gyrant
gyrant
adj
(poetic) gyrating
hating
hating
verb
present participle of hate
ignatz
ingate
ingate
noun
(obsolete) The aperture in a mould for pouring in the metal; the gate.
(obsolete) entrance; ingress
magnet
magnet
noun
(Internet) Short for magnet link.
(informal, figuratively, preceded by a noun) A person or thing that attracts what is denoted by the preceding noun.
A piece of material that attracts some metals by magnetism.
mating
mating
adj
Fitting into or onto a corresponding part, as a matched plug and socket.
noun
(zoology) Pairing of organisms for copulation.
(zoology) Sexual union; copulation.
verb
present participle of mate
naught
naught
noun
(archaic) Nothingness.
(chiefly US, old-fashioned) Alternative spelling of nought
pron
Nothing.
negate
negate
verb
(computing) To perform the NOT operation on.
To be negative; bring or cause negative results.
To deny the existence, evidence, or truth of; to contradict.
To nullify or cause to be ineffective.
nougat
nougat
noun
(countable) A piece of this mixture, typically eaten as a confection.
(uncountable) A mixture consisting of egg white and a sweetener, variously mixed with (in western Europe) almonds or (in eastern Europe) hazelnuts or (in US) used without nuts as a filler in candy bars.
rating
rating
noun
(nautical) A seaman in a warship.
(nautical, Britain) An enlisted seaman not a commissioned officer or warrant officer.
A number, letter, or other mark that refers to the ability of something.
A position on a scale.
A quantitative measure of the audience of a television program.
An evaluation of status, especially of financial status.
verb
present participle of rate
rotang
satang
satang
noun
A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Thai baht.
sating
sating
verb
present participle of sate
sontag
sontag
noun
(dated) A knitted worsted jacket, worn over the waist of a woman's dress.
stagne
stangs
stangs
noun
plural of stang
strang
strang
adj
(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Alternative form of strong
taguan
taguan
noun
flying squirrel
taking
taking
adj
(obsolete) Infectious; contagious.
Alluring; attractive.
noun
(in the plural) Cash or money received (by a shop or other business, for example).
(uncountable) A seizure of someone's goods or possessions.
(uncountable) A state of mental distress, resulting in excited or erratic behavior (in the expression in a taking).
The act by which something is taken.
verb
present participle of take
taming
taming
noun
The process by which a person, animal or thing is tamed.
verb
present participle of tame
tanega
tanged
tanged
adj
Having a tang (projecting part of an object for securing it).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of tang
tanger
tangie
tangie
noun
An Orcadian water-spirit, appearing as a seahorse or a man covered with seaweed.
tangka
tangka
noun
Alternative form of thangka
tangle
tangle
noun
(Scotland) Any long hanging thing, even a lanky person.
(in the plural) An instrument consisting essentially of an iron bar to which are attached swabs, or bundles of frayed rope, or other similar substances, used to capture starfishes, sea urchins, and other similar creatures living at the bottom of the sea.
(mathematics) A region of the projection of a knot such that the knot crosses its perimeter exactly four times.
A complicated or confused state or condition.
A form of art which consists of sections filled with repetitive patterns.
A tangled twisted mass.
An argument, conflict, dispute, or fight.
Any large type of seaweed, especially a species of Laminaria.
verb
(intransitive) To become mixed together or intertwined.
(intransitive, figurative) To enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight.
(transitive) To catch and hold.
(transitive) To mix together or intertwine.
tangly
tangly
adj
Covered with tangle, or seaweed.
Entangled; intricate.
tangos
tangos
noun
plural of tango
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tango
tangue
tangum
tangum
noun
A kind of piebald horse from Tibet.
tangun
tangun
noun
Alternative form of tangum (“type of horse”)
tangut
tangut
Noun
A people of mediaeval northern China.
Proper noun
Their Tibeto-Burman language.
The logographic script uniquely used to write their language.
tanguy
taping
taping
noun
The act of something being recorded on tape.
The act of something being stuck with adhesive tape.
verb
present participle of tape
taring
taring
noun
The common tern (Sterna hirundo).
verb
present participle of tare
tawing
tawing
noun
The process by which animal skins are tawed.
verb
present participle of taw
taxing
taxing
adj
Burdensome, difficult.
With respect to an experience: exhausting; draining.